It took a slightly different turn in this story in the Sydney Morning Herald when 17-year-old Australian Ryan Ruffels recounted his recent round with 42-time PGA tour winner Phil Mickelson.

“We get on the first tee, it’s pretty early in the morning and he says, ‘I don’t wake up this early to play for any less than $2,500’,” Ruffels recalled of a friendly offer made to him by Mickelson. The veteran gave the then-aspiring pro 2-1 odds. If Ruffels won, Mickelson would give him $5000, if he lost, Ruffels would have to pay up $2500 when he turned professional.

“I was down a few through nine, but then I birdied six of my last seven to win by one shot and took his money, so that was pretty cool,” Ruffels said with a laugh.

Mickelson was none too happy to see it show up in print. He said the story is over exaggerated and that the $5,000 number was inaccurate. Mostly he said Ruffels, U.S.-born but Australian raised and playing on the PGA tour, broke code by talking publicly about it.

“He’s young and he’s got some things to learn,” Mickelson said. “One of them is you don’t discuss certain things. You don’t discuss specifics of what you play for. And you certainly don’t embellish and create a false amount just for your own benefit. So those things right there are — that’s high school stuff, and he’s going to have to stop doing that now that he’s out on the PGA Tour.”